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Affärssvenska II (KL2001), 3 op
Basic information
| Course name: | Affärssvenska II Business Swedish II |
| Course Winha code: | KL2001 |
| Kurre acronym: | |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Type and level of course: | Professional studies |
| Year of study, semester or study period: | 2.year |
| Implementation: | 1.period, 2.period, 3.period, 4.period |
| Semester: | 0607 |
| Language of tuition: | Suomi |
| Teacher: | Lilian Snellman, Tiina Suurnäkki |
| Final assessment: | Grading scale (0-5) |
Descriptions
Prerequisites
Business Swedish I
Course contents (core content level)
- meetings, negotiations
- business communication; offerts etc.
- internal and external communication
- business economics
Course contents (additional)
- internationalization, globalization, organization cultures, mergers and acquisitions
Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)
The student will gain knowledge of correct vocabulary and the structures in order to
- describe the differences between Finnish and Swedish business cultures
- comment on current business culture topics (mergers)
- describe the merger (procedure)
- apply typical Swedish meeting and negotiation procedures and make documents (agenda etc.)
- participate in meetings and negotiations in various roles
- make short internal newsletters and pressreleases
- order products, complain about poor service
- advise customers in matters concerning billing
- present the facts on business economics described in annual reports
- intrerpret charts
Core content level learning outcomes (skills)
Use commercial terminology and phraseology in oral and written communication in business situations. The student will in othes words learn to
- describe the differences between Finnish and Swedish business cultures
- comment on current business culture topics (mergers)
- describe the merger (procedure)
- apply typical Swedish meeting and negotiation procedures and make documents (agenda etc.)
- participate in meetings and negotiations in various roles
- make short internal newsletters and pressreleases
- order products, complain about poor service
- advise customers in matters concerning billing
- present the facts on business economics described in annual reports
- intrerpret charts
Recommended reading
Auvinen, Kukkasniemi, Peltonen: Nordiska Nätverk. Edita.
- The pages will be informed in the beginning of the course.
Teaching and learning strategies
Active course work, oral and written language tasks, individual, pair and group work.
Teaching methods and student workload
Individual research, reading
Contact teaching
Exam
Assessment weighting and grading
Written and oral assignments 40 %
- Active work during contact learning situations 10 %
- Exam 50 %
Each part has to be approved.
Related competences of the degree programme
International competencies
Communication and social competence
Personal development
Extensive business competencies
Application of business skills